Let-down seat-back.



A. T. CRAWFORD.

LET DOWN SEAT BACKi APPUcATmH FILED SEPT. 1s. 1915.

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5 cnr-Down SEAT-BACK.

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f Specification of Letters Patent. Patente I nppneaiionmeaseptember18,71915. fser1a1nannies.-

To all whom t may concern.' 4

Be it known that I, ALDYN T. CRAWFORD,-

a citizen of the United States of America, residing'at Carmen, in the county of Alfalfa and State of Oklahoma, have invented w.; and useful Improvements "in" Seat-Backs, of which theA follow?.- ing isa specication, reference being had certain n Let-Dow;

therein to the4v accompanying drawing.

` be lowered so as to form a substantially even structure constituting a Pullman or bed portion. f

Another object of this invention' is 'the 'production of a seat for an'automobile which 'may be retained in its vertical position for forming a back-rest but which may be quickly and easily released sc as to swing to a horizontal plane to form a conjunction between the front and rear seats, thereby making the bed portion orfPullman.

With these and otherobjects in viewthis invention consists of certain novel combinations, constructions, and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. y In the accompanying drawing z- Figure lis a fragmentary detail prspec` tive view of a portion of an automobile body illustrating the sectional portion 'of the seat in its vertical position. A Fig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal section through an automobile body showing the section of the seat swung to a vertical position and extending in a horizontal plane so as to form a bed or Pullman portion.

Fig. 3 isl an enlarged fragmentary sectional View through a portion of the front seat illustrating the lmanner in which the section is pivotally secured.

Figs is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View through a portion of the auto- Y mobile showing particularly the manner in which the rod extends through the section of the seat for pivotallysupporting the same and also constituting a brace .for the side portions of the automobile body.

Referring tothe accompanying drawing b numerals it will be seen that the automo-` bile has theusual beams or side rails 1 upon v vwhich the sides 2 and bottom 3 are sulpported. A partition 4 is carriedbetween t sides 2 and above the beam 1 and constitutes a'portion of the front seat as shown clearly -iri rig. -l This partition 4 sprovided with a rectangular open portion ,5, in which the throughfwhiclrgpasses'the rod 8 having the ..hads 9. v'llhis: rod also' passes through the 'partitionijiandthesides2-so as to allow the n -qheads 9 ofthe-'rod to engage the outer side This invention relates to let down, seat l backs or two sectional seats for automobilesz, .wherein the movable section of the seat may surfaces-of vthesides 2." In this manner it prevented: froniifspreading under'y any circumstanfces.whateveinl '.V'Thelower side edge ofthe `section,Gis-beveled as indicated at 10 jso as to allow 'tl 1e section 6to swing freely when desired without interference from the partition 4 'ori .the base 11 of the front seat.

vIn order to normally retain this section 6 in .its 'vertical position as shown in Fig. 1

there are provided a pair of pivotally se cured hooks 12 which are adapted to de- .tachably' or releasably engage the eyes 13 mountedupon the rear portions of the partition 4. It is, of course, obvious that .the

cushions 14 are mounted upon the base 11, and also upon the inner portions of the sides 2, while the cushion 15 is carried in any suitable manner upon the forward surface of the'section 6, therefore, when the section 6 is retained in a vertical position as shown in Fig. 1, the cushion 15 thereof will form a back-rest for the front seat. When it is desired to allow the section 6 to be swung downwardly to constitute a bed portion in conjunction with the front and rear seats,

the hooks 12 are moved so as to be released from their engagement with the eyes 13. Then by swinging the section 6 rearwardly 'it will also be swung downwardly, whereby the leg 16V will assume a substantially vertical position. This legis preferably formed from a strand of wig hent'intermediate its ends and terminating in the arms 17 carried by the brackets 18 upon the rear 'surface of the section 6. Whenthis leg 16 engages the Hoor 3 of the body, as shown in'Fig. 2, it will be seen that the downward movement of the section 6 will be limited..A At this time the section 6 will extend in the same plane as the base 11 ofthe f ront seat and the bottom 19 of the rear seat, thereby` cause ing the cushions 14, 15 and 20 to extend in alinement with each other, thereby constituting a bed portion or Pullman.

lt will be noted b y referringT particularly to Figs. 2 and 3 that the sei-tion is pirotall Heeurefl at a point below' the upper surt'aee otl the hase 1l of' the tron( `Heat aiul,

therefore.4 when this sei-tion (S is swung lown wa rally. it will be in al-inelu'eut with the base and thual eliminate uneven surl'ares. lt is, ol' eourse. obriouh` that this iiiorable sert-ion will not iu any wa interfere with the operaliou olI the ear. but will provid a simple alul ellirieui |ueau y l'or eourerling an ordinary touring; earinto a lulllnan ear, so that wheuerer (lesireil a bed ula'v be quiekly eonltituteil by the releasing' ol the section aiul moving-the saine to a horizontal plane.

llariug thus (leseribed the invention what is elaiuie l as new is:---

ln a let (lown Seat bark ot the class ileseribeil, the eoinbination-o'l' an automobile bofly haring forward and rear seats, said forward seat havingr an opening in the back thereof, a Section pirotally mounted Within said openingvmeans for releasably holding said section in a rertieal position, brackets earrieil .in spat-eil relation upon the rear surlaee oli' said section, a one-pieeeleg formeel from a Single strand ot' wire comprising a substantially Ufshapeil body having oppositely extending' arlns extending therefrom,

saiil arins fittingV within said brackets, whereby saill leg' will hang,- in a vertical plane, wherebyas the section is swung to a` horizontal plane said leg' will depend so as to engage, the automobile antlsupport lSaul section.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature in presence of two witnesSesA ALDYN T. CRAWYEORD. lVitnesses En. -APPLEGATE7 GUY E. SELFRIDGE. 

